S/5165 Antique Treen Early 19th Century Cherry Wood Pepper Mill / Shaker

An excellent cherry wood pepper mill / shaker, having a screw top and single exit hole. The bulbous body has reeded turnings and is raised on an angled base and rounded foot. It has restoration to the base. The whole has a most excellent rich colour and patination.

Ex Deeley Collection and illustrated in A History of Cooking Through the Ages by Robert Deeley and Philip Drury on page 265.

Sold 5½ in. (14 cm.) High
2½ in. (6.5 cm.) Diameter English Circa 1820